Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Yara

#1,918 most common girls' name of all time · #3,291 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1969–2025

Rank among girls
#1,918
Rank overall
#3,291 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
7,565
Since 2016
4,288
Peak year
2025 #507
Best rank
#507 2025
Girls Boys peak 592/yr
198020002020

Yara first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 585 7 592 #507
2024 519 6 525 #581
2023 488 5 493 #613
2022 526 6 532 #571
2021 454 — 454 #657
2020 441 — 441 #654
2019 365 — 365 #766
2018 437 7 444 #672
2017 264 — 264 #987
2016 178 — 178 #1,333
2015 199 — 199 #1,236
2014 154 — 154 #1,461
2013 207 — 207 #1,164
2012 208 — 208 #1,185
2011 211 — 211 #1,160
2010 188 — 188 #1,271
2009 185 — 185 #1,310
2008 166 — 166 #1,426
2007 256 — 256 #1,034
2006 124 — 124 #1,699
2005 87 — 87 #2,131
2004 99 — 99 #1,902
2003 78 — 78 #2,216
2002 84 — 84 #2,058
2001 80 — 80 #2,089
2000 81 — 81 #2,048
1999 56 — 56 #2,550
1998 57 — 57 #2,445
1997 62 — 62 #2,218
1996 37 — 37 #3,198
1995 46 — 46 #2,669
1994 42 — 42 #2,863
1993 33 — 33 #3,396
1992 34 — 34 #3,312
1991 37 — 37 #3,079
1990 39 — 39 #2,942
1989 27 — 27 #3,743
1988 20 — 20 #4,421
1987 22 — 22 #3,939
1986 21 — 21 #3,987
1985 35 — 35 #2,738
1984 18 — 18 #4,273
1983 25 — 25 #3,320
1982 37 — 37 #2,572
1981 39 — 39 #2,476
1980 55 — 55 #1,958
1979 28 — 28 #3,064
1978 15 — 15 #4,621
1977 12 — 12 #5,440
1976 14 — 14 #4,564
1975 16 — 16 #4,111
1974 10 — 10 #5,688
1973 12 — 12 #4,837
1972 9 — 9 #5,884
1971 6 — 6 #8,099
1969 6 — 6 #7,470